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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1917
Page
14
Christian Advent church on 1xth Street lists Sunday School and Senior Services in the morning and evening services, with prayer meeting on Tuesday and Brotherhood meeting Wednesday night. A church choir concert is planned with the orchestra. attendance urged.
Holy communion and services listed for Trinity and Paul's churches with reading on the eighteenth and sixteenth Sundays after Trinity. Rev R E Gribbin at Trinity, Rev D L Gwathmey at Pauls, and Rev W W Milton at James Church conduct morning prayers, Holy Communion, and evening services with all seats free. Sunday School times include 4 PM at Trinity and 11 AM at Pauls, 10 AM at James.
Grace corner Fourth and Grace announces services at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. with morning sermon Tears and Laughs Rally Day in Sunday school at 10 a.m. Fifth Avenue church led by Rev J H McCrackin with 12 a.m. presiding. evening service at 8 conducted by Rev H H Shore. Sunday School 9:45 a.m Epworth League Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Public invited to all services.
Congressional debate closes as senators clash over German influence and loyalty to the United States. LaFollette and allies face criticism while the Senate prepares to consider Lusitania and arming questions. President Wilson signs bills on soldiers and sailors insurance as Congress adjourns.
United Press reports Congressman Medill McCormick, returning from Europe, says speedier production and better organization behind the lines are vital. He notes Germany's defense and Russian collapse, praises Italian efforts, and urges full Allied cooperation with Italy to pressure Austria.
The notice outlines a morning sermon titled Following Jesus by Pastor Bladen Street Pitts duah, and an evening session on Sanctification. A special Sunday School program is scheduled for 3 30 o'clock in the afternoon, with public invitation to attend and bring a friend.
St Matthew's at Fourth and Harnett with Rev G W McClanahan holds 10:30 holy communion and 8 pm evening sermons "The Believer's Grace" and "Why the Need of a Reformation in the Sixteenth Century" plus Sunday School at 3:30. Luther League meets Wednesday at 7. A cordial invitation to St Paul's at Market and Sixth with Rev L F Clause and sermons "Right Rites" and "A Godfearing Patriot" and 3:20 Sunday School invites visitors.
Rev J A Sullivan conducts Sunday worship at 11:00 am and 7:30 pm with sermons on The Goodness of Gladness and How It Feels to Be Free. Sunday School at 9:45 am led by J W Hollis. Lord's Supper after morning service. Junior B Y P Ipe 6:45 pm Sunbeams Monday 3:30 pm. Wednesday prayer meeting. Delgado with L W Moore superintending Sunday school 14:15 am and B Y P U 6:30 pm. Preaching 7:30 pm with special music including a solo.
Rioting broke out in St Paul as strikebreakers were placed on street cars amid a large stoppage. A 3,900-strong mob smashed three cars, crews abandoned vehicles, and several people were injured as police arrived. Service remained in part throughout Minneapolis and St Paul despite depleted schedules. Union leaders claim nearly a thousand strikers, while street car officials cite 300 absent workers. Hundreds of deputies guarded car barns and junctions as demands include union recognition and reinstatement of 5 percent, with discharge reversed for union activity.
The report says Hefflin faced unsubstantiated charges and criticism, with no disciplinary measures recommended. President Wilson defended Congress, noting it had acted rapidly to protect public interests.
Wilmington reporters attended a Raleigh session of the North Carolina Council of Defense where a resolution condemned Senator Robert M. La Follette and urged his expulsion. Local figures including McCormick Guthrie Lyon Greer Brown Clark and others discussed war work, women’s unit formation, and suggested activities for Liberty Loan bonds food, Red Cross drives, and farm and labor mobilization.
The final chapter in the Baby Lloyd Keet kidnapping and murder case will begin Monday in Marshfield Missouri with Claud J. Piersol, aged 20, as the first defendant. The trial will be followed by six more defendants tied to the case. Two hundred ten witnesses have been subpoenaed mostly by the state. The infant was taken from G Wartws Keet's home on May 30 and found ten days later in an abandoned well amid lynching threats.
Amsterdam dispatches report a noisy German Reichstag demonstration by Socialists on October 6 that blocked Vice Chancellor Helferrich and General von Stein from explaining government stance on the Fatherland party. Socialist leader Fendlsberg denounced Fatherland aims as harmful to the German people.
The Fatherland party was originally created by Admiral von Tirpitz and other extreme militarists as the peak expression of Pan-Germanism.
The Food Administration urged Americans to save food for the war after the war during the upcoming pledge week. It warned that postwar trade with Europe would hinge on U S efforts now, noting Europe’s likely reduced living standards and stricter discipline. The campaign emphasizes daily savings of six tenths of daily per person.
London reports King George Iii orders a distinctive decoration for every officer and man of the famed first hundred thousand who helped drive the Germans from the Marne. The move honors the “contemptible little army” remnants with special recognition.
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